Prognostic Value of Implementing VCE on Top in Constitutional VWD-patients With GI-bleeding

Inclusion criteria: Only constitutional VWD-patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria of the French reference center for VWD will be included. Patients with acquired von Willebrand syndrome will not be included.

Material and Methods: A 15-items survey that will be sent to the 30 centers involved in the French network for bleeding disorders (MHEMO) to identify VWD-patients referred for endoscopic exploration of at least one GI-bleeding from January 2015 to December 2017. Only constitutional VWD-patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria of the French reference center for VWD will be included. Constitutional VWD diagnosis will be confirmed confirmed centrally in all patients by the French reference center for von Willebrand disease. A GI-bleeding episode will be defined as any overt or occult GI-bleeding (unexplained chronic iron deficiency anemia causing a drop of hemoglobin level by more than 2 g/dL from baseline). We will analyze patient characteristics, GI-bleeding pattern, VWD type/subtype, nature (gastroscopy, colonoscopy or VCE) and results of the endoscopic exploration and management that was applied: endoscopic therapy by argon plasma coagulation, on-demand/prophylactic-VWF replacement therapy, use of antiangiogenic drugs. If angiodysplasia without another bleeding source is identified, GI-bleeding will be categorized as angiodysplasia, if another lesion is identified GI-bleeding will be categorized as "no-angiodysplasia" and if no bleeding source is identified, GI-bleeding will be categorized as obscure GI-bleeding. Recurrence will be defined as evidence of overt GI-bleeding or a drop of hemoglobin level by more than 2 g/dL from baseline.